http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Sitemason Content Management System http://www.sitemason.com/ http://sitemason.vanderbilt.edu/news/digest/rss/set/10 15 University News Experts business Featured Experts tipsheet Marketing experts at Vanderbilt University's Owen Graduate School of Management are available as sources for holiday shopping stories on a range of topics from the impact of social networking on consumer decision-making to marketing radically new products. http://sitemason.vanderbilt.edu/news/releases/2009/11/17/tipsheet-vanderbilt-professors-available-as-sources-for-holiday-shopping-articles.99813 http://sitemason.vanderbilt.edu/news/releases/2009/11/17/tipsheet-vanderbilt-professors-available-as-sources-for-holiday-shopping-articles.99813 Tue, 17 Nov 2009 12:05:00 CST Digest Aggregator video speakers Lectures Watch video of a Nov. 13 talk by Rachel Dwyer - School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London - part of ISSS International Education Week. http://sitemason.vanderbilt.edu/news/video/2009/11/17/watch-bollywoods-india.99804 http://sitemason.vanderbilt.edu/news/video/2009/11/17/watch-bollywoods-india.99804 Tue, 17 Nov 2009 10:51:00 CST Digest Aggregator Vanderbilt University's National Center on School Choice hosts an online discussion with various experts on the Education Week web site, moderated by Marisa Cannata, associate director of the National Center on School Choice. http://www.edweek.org/ew/events/chats/2009/11/17/index.html?qs=Vanderbilt http://www.edweek.org/ew/events/chats/2009/11/17/index.html?qs=Vanderbilt Tue, 17 Nov 2009 09:46:00 CST Digest Aggregator U.S. officials raised expectations too high in handling the swine flu vaccination campaign and failed to allocate scarce vaccine effectively, two influential U.S. senators said on Monday. William Schaffner, chair of preventive medicine, is quoted. http://www.reuters.com/article/politicsNews/idUSTRE5A557920091117 http://www.reuters.com/article/politicsNews/idUSTRE5A557920091117 Tue, 17 Nov 2009 09:46:00 CST Digest Aggregator Vanderbilt University Medical Center made research firm Thomson Reuters' list of the nation's top 100 hospitals for inpatient cardiovascular care. The story is also covered in the Nashville Business Journal [http://nashville.bizjournals.com/nashville/stories/2009/11/16/daily6.html]. http://www.tennessean.com/article/20091116/BUSINESS01/91116020/Vanderbilt+listed+among+nation+s+best+in+cardiovascular+care http://www.tennessean.com/article/20091116/BUSINESS01/91116020/Vanderbilt+listed+among+nation+s+best+in+cardiovascular+care Tue, 17 Nov 2009 09:44:00 CST Digest Aggregator Business-related events abound in the Nashville area this week, as several organizations participate in Global Entrepreneurship Week beginning today. The Nashville Entrepreneur Center will release one video interview each day this week featuring local entrepreneurs. The "I Am Music City" series was created by Vanderbilt University students participating in the Accelerator program and can be found at www.iammusiccity.com [http://www.iammusiccity.com]. http://nashville.bizjournals.com/nashville/stories/2009/11/16/daily3.html http://nashville.bizjournals.com/nashville/stories/2009/11/16/daily3.html Tue, 17 Nov 2009 09:43:00 CST Digest Aggregator Terrell Smith, director of patient and family-centered care at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, was honored by The Bank of America Charitable Foundation for her volunteer work helping newly released prisoners transition back to the community. http://www.tennessean.com/article/20091117/COUNTY09010515/911170305/1327/Take+a+Bow++Brentwood+mom+helps+ease+transitions+from+prison http://www.tennessean.com/article/20091117/COUNTY09010515/911170305/1327/Take+a+Bow++Brentwood+mom+helps+ease+transitions+from+prison Tue, 17 Nov 2009 09:42:00 CST Digest Aggregator Anita Mahadevan-Jansen, assistant professor of biomedical engineering, is developing a laser-based system to connect the human nervous system to robotic prosthetic limbs. Brain-machine interfaces provide the output for controlling prosthetics but ideally the system would also provide feedback, for example the sensation of picking up an object. http://www.boingboing.net/2009/11/16/laser-interface-for.html http://www.boingboing.net/2009/11/16/laser-interface-for.html Tue, 17 Nov 2009 09:41:00 CST Digest Aggregator A recent court case in Italy in which a defendant's sentence was reduced because he carried a gene that predisposed him to violence has drawn attention to new research into the genetic roots of behavior. Nita Farahany, professor of law and philosophy, is quoted. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/science/genetics/article6919130.ece#comment-have-your-say http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/science/genetics/article6919130.ece#comment-have-your-say Tue, 17 Nov 2009 09:40:00 CST Digest Aggregator Law & Politics, the publisher of Super Lawyers and the cheeky magazines Minnesota Law & Politics and Washington Law & Politics, unveils its first ever ranking of U.S. law schools, based on one piece of criteria only: how many "Super Lawyers"--defined as the "best, most ethical" lawyers--each produces. Vanderbilt ranks 21st. http://blogs.wsj.com/law/2009/11/16/harvard-tops-first-ever-super-lawyers-ranking-of-law-schools/ http://blogs.wsj.com/law/2009/11/16/harvard-tops-first-ever-super-lawyers-ranking-of-law-schools/ Tue, 17 Nov 2009 09:39:00 CST Digest Aggregator